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www.techradar.com Week in Tech The Xbox One Eighty, Facebook snaps and iPhone gets Office What's worth $290 billion and goes SCREEECH WHEEEEE VROOM? Microsoft doing a U-turn over Xbox One DRM. The decision (which wags dubbed an Xbox 180) did away with always-online and limits preowned games. Meanwhile, the PRISM scandal rumbled on with yet more denials, this time from Google. But the company had its own privacy problems this week, as officials in several countries signed an open letter to CEO Larry Page about concerns with Glass. If you’re more nonchalant about your privacy, you may well be on Facebook, which this week enabled photo uploads to comment threads. At first we were like *sadface* but then we were like *picture of amused cat* and our friends were like *photo of bored dog in a canoe wearing a hat at a jaunty angle*. Is it just us feeling chilly? No, because HELL FROZE OVER: after just six short years Microsoft Office is now available on iPads, and this week it turned up in the UK app store. Seems it’s been a mind-changing week in Redmond. Read the full story     In this week ■ Week in Tech: The Xbox One Eighty, Facebook snaps and iPhone gets Office ■ Talking points: Apple fan goes Android, 10 most-wanted next-gen games, iOS 7 on iPad and PS4 pre-orders ■ Competition: WIN! One of 25 EVAP Smartphone Rescue Packs ■ The week's best buys: Google Nexus 10, Panasonic Lumix GF6 and Intel Core i7-4770K ■ Top 10: 40 and 42-inch TV   Talking points 1 Can a week living with Android convince an iOS die-hard to make the switch? Writer Gary Marshall has owned almost every iPad and iPhone. But Android phones have topped our Best phones in the world list for some time now, so is the grass greener on the Google side? There's only one way to find out. Lock up the Apples! Find out how Marshall's Apple-free week worked out. Read more       2 10 games for PS4, Xbox One and Wii U we're super excited about E3 2013 is over, leaving a dustcloud of next-gen gaming goodness in its wake. But which titles were the ones to really catch TechRadar's eye this year? Here are 10 upcoming games from this year's E3 for Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U that we can't wait to arrive. Read more       3 This is what iOS 7 will look like on iPad Apple hasn't said when the iOS 7 beta will hit the iPad, but some savvy developers have run an emulator to see what the software will look like. The Control Center panel is the most noticeably different, arraying its icons horizontally rather than stacked as they are on the narrower iPhone screen. Read more       4 PS4 bundles go up for pre-order, still cheaper than the Xbox One console Amazon has put some Launch Day Edition PS4 bundles up for pre-order. After selling out of its stocks of game-free Launch Day consoles, the retailer has added bundles including Battlefield 4, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Knack and Watch Dogs. As for the price, well all that is still cheaper than the Microsoft Xbox One. Read more       Competition WIN! One of 25 EVAP Smartphone Rescue Packs   Water is a smartphone’s worst enemy. The innovative new EVAP Rescue Pouch safely removes moisture from soaked electronics, and has been shown in lab tests to save up to 90 per cent of water-damaged devices. Enter competition   WIN! An Orange Micro Terror Guitar stack worth £158 Enter competition       WIN! A BlackBerry Z10 Enter competition       WIN! A Mac mini and a bundle of MacPaw apps Enter competition       Your tweets this week       The week's best buys Google Nexus 10 The Nexus 10 takes on the iPad in the 10-inch segment and joins the Google Nexus 7 on the virtual Play Store shelves. With a stunning screen and a lower price, is this the tablet you should be craving?. View offer Read review       Panasonic Lumix GF6 The Panasonic GF6 is one of the best compact system cameras currently on the market. Image quality is fantastic, while its outstanding usability makes it one of the more pleasurable cameras to shoot with. View offer Read review       Intel Core i7-4770K Intel's new Haswell chips are all about mobile computing prowess. And it shows. This desktop variant is only a very small step forward, but it's still a great CPU and the only option at this price point.. View offer Read review       What you said about moving from Apple to Android @BarronHenley I have faith that you'll arrive at the correct decision (switch). ;)     @jasonhooper99 App match was closer than expected. I think HTC is the closest to iPhone for premium feel. iOS7 should pull Apple away.     @LegalTypist Lots of die hard Apple fans have converted to Android. Me? I'm still Palm and stressing over when my device dies!       Top   40 and 42-inch TVs Once known simply as 'plasma screens' in the collective consciousness, the 42-inch size is where the flatscreen dream started in the late 1990s - and where it's still at its most innovative and best.   Panasonic TX-P42X50       Toshiba 40TL963       Sony KDL-40HX753 View top 10           TechRadar Promotion Panasonic TX-P50VT65 Despite the arrival of some intense competition this year, Panasonic has risen to the challenge with this new high-end plasma TV, delivering what for our money are the most cinematic 50-inch pictures we've seen. For film fans who can control their light levels, the Panasonic TX-P50VT65 is nothing short of a masterpiece. View promotion Canon 700D The Canon EOS 700D is a very capable and versatile camera that produces high quality images. It has a comprehensive feature set and affords all the control expected by enthusiast photographers while providing automatic hand-holding options for less experienced users. View promotion new issue out now Rivalry doesn't get much bigger than Sony versus Microsoft. Will PS4 or Xbox One be the victor? We look at everything from the specs to the games to see which console will win the next-gen gaming war. Download now         www.techradar.com

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